Inspired from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ slolgan Germany’s trains-to-turbines conglomerate Siemens AG came forward to invest 1 billion euro in India and will add 4,000 jobs to its existing workforce of 16,000 in the country.

Chief Executive Joe Kaeser said that the government should expand the slogan to “make it happen in India” and go beyond manufacturing and include societal development, training, automation, etc.

He said the company is planning to shift some international functions to India

The company plans to blend India’s software ability with Siemens’ engineering skills in its business in India.

Siemens recently bagged an order worth euro 8 billion in Egypt for setting up 14 gigawatts of power generation capacity, which is three-and-a-half times the size of one ultra-mega power project in India.